Albert Camus Quotes on Punishment
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Opinions differ as to the reasons why he became the futile laborer of the underworld. To begin with, he is accused of a certain levity in regard to the gods. He stole their secrets.
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A punishment that penalizes without forestalling is indeed called revenge.
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For capital punishment to be really intimidating, human nature would have to be different; it would have to be as stable and serene as the law itself. But then human nature would be dead.
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Temporal idols demanding an absolute faith tirelessly decree absolute punishments.
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The punishment that aims to intimidate an unknown murderer certainly confers a vocation of killer on many another monster about whom there is no doubt.